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Financial Express Chandigarh
Tesla, LG Energy sign $4.3-bn pact
SOUTH KOREA'S LG Energy Solution (LGES) has signed a $4.3 billion deal to supply Tesla with energy storage system batteries, said a person familiar with the matter, as the US company looks to reduce reliance on Chinese imports due to tariffs.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Head boy becomes CEO
P&G's new corner office occupant will steer the firm through a difficult period
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Retail leasing in malls rises 69%: JLL
LEASING OF RETAIL spaces in shopping malls and high streets rose 69% to 5.7 million sq ft in the January-June period across seven major cities on better demand from both domestic and foreign retailers, according to JLL India.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
PNB profit slumps 48% on higher tax expenses
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK'S net profit declined 48.5% year-on-year to ₹1,675 crore for the quarter ended June on the back of higher tax expenses and muted net interest income growth.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
India Can Replicate SaaS Success in Cybersecurity: Accel Partner
A large opportunity in the cybersecurity space today is building security tools for generative AI applications, Prayank Swaroop, partner at Accel, said.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Will Secure National Interests: Centre
AS TALKS PROGRESSED, the tariffs were brought down to 21% during the negotiations and the deal was finalised at 15%.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Benchmarks brace for Trump tariff turbulence
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP's decision to slap India with a 25% tariff on exports, with an additional penalty, is expected to cause a sharp fall of 0.5% to over 1% in the equity markets on Thursday.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Solar Cell Capacity May Reach 42 GW by 2026
With private players ramping up cell manufacturing, the government expects the solar cell capacity to reach 42 gigawatts (GW) by June, with the approved list of models and manufacturers (ALMM) for cells being introduced soon, official sources said.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Ambanis to Infuse ₹16K Cr into Jio Financial
JIO FINANCIAL SERVICES has greenlit a substantial capital infusion, approving a ₹15,825-crore preferential issue of warrants to two key promoter entities — Sikka Ports & Terminals and Jamnagar Utilities & Power, the company informed the exchanges on Wednesday.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Avenue Supermarts to double down on store expansion
Targets opening 50 stores in FY26, focus on the north
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Power Grid Q1 Profit Falls 2.5%
STATE-OWNED POWER transmission company Power Grid Corporation of India on Wednesday registered a fall of 2.5% in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26 at ₹3,630.58 crore from ₹3,723.92 crore in Q1FY25.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Volcano in Russia's far east erupts
The Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula began erupting after Wednesday's powerful earthquake in the Pacific, a geological monitoring service said.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
DGCA finds 263 safety lapses in airline audits
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) found 263 safety-related lapses across various operators in their annual audits, but underscored that that higher number of lapses — particularly in the case of airlines with extensive networks and large aircraft fleets — is \"entirely normal\" given the breadth and depth of their operations rather than any unusual lapse.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
India Inc starts counting cost of trade jolt
INDIAN COMPANIES ARE preparing for a significant disruption in trade ties with the US after President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff and an unspecified penalty on Indian goods, citing New Delhi's continued defence and energy ties with Russia.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Time for an HR reboot
INDIA HAS LONG been the technology backbone of the world, and our developer ecosystem has been central to that story. But as we step into the GenAI era, it's time for a fundamental reset in how we look at skills, roles, and long-term employability.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
SUVs, tractors drive M&M profit up 32%
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA (M&M) posted a 32% year-on-year (y-o-y) surge in standalone net profit to ₹3,450 crore in the June quarter, helped by a richer product mix in the SUV category and a better average selling price in the tractor segment.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Textile, leather exporters pin hopes on BTA
THE 25% US tariff on Indian merchandise imports has jolted the country's $37-billion textile and apparel export industry, dashing hopes of gaining ground in the world's largest apparel market and wresting share from key rivals like China, Bangladesh, and Vietnam.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Over-engineering MIIs
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is once again in the spotlight with its latest consultation paper on the governance of market infrastructure institutions (MIIs) released on June 24.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Duty-free access for electronics in US retained
Smartphones, laptops, servers out of tariff net
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Skilling should be a priority
WITH ANY DISRUPTIVE technologies, we will see shifts, especially as organisations pivot toward product-aligned delivery models, driven by evolving client expectations around agility, innovation, and speed.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
No third-party intervention behind ceasefire: Jaishankar
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER S Jaishankar asserted on Wednesday that there was no third-party intervention in ensuring a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, making it clear that it was not linked to trade as claimed by US President Donald Trump.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Hybrids' approach...
HYBRID ADOPTION is accelerating despite a limited product lineup, fewer than a dozen models from just four automakers: Toyota, Lexus, Maruti Suzuki, and Honda.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
L&T could beat FY26 order inflows target: Brokerages
BUOYED BY INTERNATIONAL orders, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) could beat its guidance on the order inflow growth for this fiscal, brokerages said.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
China's AI Strategy Relies on Frenzy and Frenemies
WANDERING THROUGH THE halls of China's top artificial intelligence summit this week, I overheard heated debates on some of the thorniest issues facing the sector: How do we solve the problem of interoperability if hundreds of companies are launching their own AI agents?
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
PwC: Tax, rate cuts to help India's economy grow 6.5% in FY26
INDIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH will likely be around 6.5% in 2025-26, aided by a lower interest rate regime, income tax cuts and a likely improvement in urban demand, PwC India experts said on Wednesday.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Pakistan surprises by holding key rate steady
PAKISTAN'S CENTRAL BANK left its key interest rate unchanged at 11% on Wednesday, saying the inflation outlook had worsened a little due to energy price fluctuations, surprising analysts who had expected another cut.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Market manipulation or legit short-selling?
The Jane Street episode is not about hedging, as it claims, but manipulation. The profits it made clearly indicate that the purpose was to pump and dump the stocks
4 min |
July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
India Caught in Tariff Storm
Difficult Choice for India: Penalty on Exports to US or Grapple with the Burden of a Significantly Higher Oil Import Bill
2 min |
July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Seafood, Basmati Rice Exporters to Feel the Pinch
INDIA'S EXPORTS OF agricultural products, including shrimp, basmati rice, coffee and tobacco to the US are likely to be hit with the US president Donald Trump on Wednesday announcing a 25% tariff on the country.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Land Monetisation by Railways Crosses ₹3,100 Cr in FY25
THE INDIAN RAILWAYS has earned ₹3,129 crore in FY25 from monetising its land bank for commercial purposes, which is 16% higher than the previous year, railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Parliament on Wednesday.
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